Antibiotic Overuse After Hospital Discharge: A Multi-hospital Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to patients as they leave the hospital. We aimed to create a comprehensive metric to characterize antibiotic overuse after discharge among hospitalized patients treated for pneumonia or urinary tract infection (UTI), and to determine whether overuse varied across hospitals and conditions.

Methods

In a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized patients treated for pneumonia or UTI in 46 hospitals between 1 July 2017-30 July 2019, we quantified the proportion of patients discharged with antibiotic overuse, defined as unnecessary antibiotic use, excess antibiotic duration, or suboptimal fluoroquinolone use. Using linear regression, we assessed hospital-level associations between antibiotic overuse after discharge in patients treat

SUBMITTER: Vaughn VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7947015 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature